D, M. D. W. We Indiaconvict, 1872. Spain, 1873. Aspects, Holidays, Events, Farmer's Calendar. Åle Weather, &c. 1 D Septuages. Sun. Hi. iides. Let the winds whistle and 2 Mo. Punica. of V. Mary. Candlemas Day. sweep over the plain. We can 3 Tu. 2d. 6 8 0 snip. Cold. plan and lay out the work of the farm just as well now as any time, 4 W. Length of nighit 13h. 52m. and make up our minds what is 5 Th. c. in Apogee. 646. to be done. To be sure there is 6 Fr. 31st M. F. Maury, well-known maritime little to do but to look after the writer 7 Sa. Dio Aph. Isthay As passen of Lord good of the stock, and to see that • Mayo, governor-gen of the woodpile is kept up. 8D Serages. Sun. must keep the pot boiling, you 9 Mo. 10th, Queen Victoria married, 1840. know; and then there is such a 10 Tu. Very low tides., Expect confort in a good lot of well dried 11 W. | Amadeus abdicates the throne of wood in the shed! It adds to the 12 Th. Kant, the celebrated philosopher, d., 1804. So now we can reckon up a little, joys of home on a winter's day. 13 Fr. ( runs low. a N. E. storm and see where we are likely to 14 Sa. St. Valentine. of snow with come out. Let us bring all the 15 D Quinq.or Shrove 8.6 h . mind and thought we can to our 16 Mo.6 ! C. Bata atentry was greates below. work, and put into it all the skill Eng. and the U. S., rat. 1815. we can bring to bear. There is 17 Tu. surove Tues. ( in Per. 6 $ ( little in luck, much in skill, on 18 W. Ash Wed., Lent beg. Very bigh ti. the farm. Lucky men are those 19T1.00 C. sleet, and that use their brain power. Noth20 Fr. 6 WC. $220;WABIINGTON BORN, ing like brains in our work. We don't give thought enough, or 21 Sa. 22d: Rev. Sidney Smith; celeb. author, bring the mind down to it after 22 D ist Sun. in Lent. 8 in 3. the manner of business men. 23 M0.69 o sup. { vodjed, 1849. John Quincy Adams Get and read the best books about 24 Tu. Si, Matthias. cold and drift- every branch of farm work. 25 W. (runs high. Good books stir up thought, and ing winds. lead us to higher aims and more 26 Th. Low tides. skilful methods; and now is the 27 Fr. $ in Per. { 28endampar men, 19 time to use them. They are 1797. 28 Sa. 6 W (. {recovbe pa br Wale"; 72. wiser and better. Nat'l Thanksg. in Eng. for helps, and they ought to make us Above all, let us be prompt, prudent, hopeful, temperate, generous, and honest, and do our best to leave the world better than we found it. 1732. divine, wit, . 1874. MARCH, Third Month. @'s Declination. Astronomical Calculations. d. m. 1 78.27 7 5 9 13 2 48 19 026 25 1 56 2 7 4 8 4 45 14 2 24 20 OS. 2 26 2 20 6 41 4 22 15 2 0 21 ON.22 27 2 43 6 19 10 3 59 16 1 37 22 0 45 28 7 5 55 11 3 35 17 1 13 23 1 9 29 3 30 5 32 12 3 11 18 0 49 24 1 33 30 3 53 1 Full Sea, D's IJO AJCI car. Length Day's Rises.Sets. Sun Boston. Place. Souths, h. m. 01 rei. O Full Moon, 3d day, Oh. 37m., morning, W. New Moon, 18th day, Oh. 18m., morning, E. D D h. Col 18.6 355 50,11 15 2 12 131310411 bel. 6 19 11 36 61 2 11. 6 34 5 51 11 17 2 14 12 1411 111 bel. rises morn. 62 3. Tu. 6 32 5 53 11 21 2 13 12 0 11 bel. 6 24 0 18 63 4 27.6 31 5 54 11 23 2 20 12 16 0 7.24 0 58 64 5 Th. 6 29 5 55 11 262 23 12 17 0 1 rei. 8 25 1 37 65 6 Fr. 6 27 5 56 11 29 2 26 11 18.1 11 sec. 9 261 2 17 66 7 Sa. 6 26.5 57 11 31 2 23 11 191 1 2 sec. 10 28 2 57 678 S. 6 24 5 59 11 35 2 32 11 20 21 sec. 11 33 3 39 639 M. 6 22 6 011 382 35 11 21) 3 3.1 thi. morn. 4 24 69 10 Tu. 6 21 6 1 11 402 37 10 22 33 thi. 0 39 5 13 70 11 W. 6 19 6 2 11 43 2 40 10 23 kn. 1 441 6 6 71 12 Th. 6 17 6 3 11 46 2 43 10 24 6 5 61 kn. 2 46 7 2 72 13 Fr. 6 16 6 5 11 492 46 10 25 6 kn. 3 42 8 1 173 14 Sa 6 14 6 6 1152 2 499 26 781 legs 4 30 9 0 16 2 ) 0 74 15 S. 6 12 6 7 11 55 2 52 927 891 legs 5 9 9 58 8 75 16 M. 6 106 81158 2 55 928 9210 feet 5 41 10 59 53 76 17 Tu. 6 9 6 912 02 57 829 10:1 11 feet sets 11 47 77 18 W. 6 7 6 10 12 3 3 0 80 111 112 l’d 7 0 0 39 58 19 Th. 6 5,6 11 12 6 3 3 8 1 01 h'd 8 20 1 31 79 20. Fr. 6 36 12 12 9 3 6 81 2 0,3 1° n'k I 39 2 2-1 So 21 Sa. 6 2 6 14 12 12 39 7 3 13 2 u'k 10 58 3 19 81 22 S.6 06 15 12 15 3 12 74) 2121 arm morn. 4 13 82 23 M. 15 58 6 16 12 18 3 15 7 5 31 32 arm 0 15 5 13 83 24 Tu. 5 56 6 17 12 21 3 18 6 6 4 47 br. 1 24 6 11 84 25 W. 15 556 18 12 233 20 6 7 2 24 7 7 85 26 Th.5 53 6 19 12 263 23 6 8 61 7° h'rt 3 13 8 0 86 27 Fr. 5 51 6 20 12 293 26 5 9 3 52 8 49 87 28 Sa. 5 506 21 12 313 28 510 839 h'rt 4 24 9 35 88 29 S. 5 486 23 12 35 3 32 511 91 10 bel. 4 50 10 17 89 30 M. \5 466 24 12 383 35 412 104 104 bel. 5 10 10 58 br. 81 h'rt . Aspects, Holidays, Events, Farmer's Calendar. Weather, &c. 1 D 20 Su. in Lent. Si. David. There is no other month like this. Cold, sleet, rain, snow, 2 Mo. gr. elong. E. High tides. and sunshine. But we must make 3 Cu. Length of night 12h. 38m, the best of it. There is the cel4W. 1640 Raw and lar to be cleaned out. Might as 5 Th. ( in Apogee. blustering well do it now as any time, and 6 Fr. Sth. Rev. I. Starr King died in Cali- a great deal better than put it off fornia, 1864. 7 Sa. weather, with rain till the spring work begins to press. If any of the roots or the 8.D 30 Sunday in Lent. cabbages are likely to rot, get 9 Mo. Chardop birlikte, we nog een Eng. author them out. Sort over the potatoes publisherdied, 1873. 10 Tu. State election in New Hampshire. or for planting. Look after the 11W. Mazzini, Italian politician, died, 1872. casks and tubs, and put every12 Th. (ru, low. Very low tides. beef and pork are packed all safe See that the thing to rights. 13 Fr. 15th. Bishop_ McIlvaine, of Ohio, died, in Italy, 1873. to keep into hot weather. Sweep 14 Sa. 8 h ({listh. The pro. mr. 9. off the cobwebs dangling here (son of NapoIII), b., 1856. 15 D 4th Su. in Lent. 8 9. and there, and whitewash the walls and timbers. The bottoni 16 Mo. 17th. Days and nights nearly equal. ought to be hard and smooth, and 17 Tu. St. Patrick. 840. 6 $ (often swept. The health of the 18 W. (io Per. 6 7.6! (. folks up stairs depends a great 19|Th. (6 g (. [6 x inf. deal on the sweetness of the cel20 Fr. Ğ in 8. O ent. go seeing lar at this season of the year. { BEGINS. You can't be too careful about the 21 Sa. St. Benedict. Very high tides. drains and the ventilation. The 22 D Passion Su. 20th. 6 8 c. hen-house needs cleaning now. 23 Mo. 24th. Louis Philippe's widow died, 1866. Eggs, and hens too, will be scarce 24 Tu. ( runs high. if you let the lice get the upper hand. Wash all the roosts with 25 W. Annunciation, or Lady Day. hot water and soap suds, and pour 26|Th. Seasonable weather. it into every crack and cranny. 27 Fr. 6 H (. Very low tides. It is a good plan to rub a little 28 Sa. War with Russia declared by Eng., 1854. grease under the wings and over the head of fowls to keep off the Fine. 29 D Palm Sunday. vermin. Sow clover seed on the 30 Mo. 29th. Swedenborg died, 1772. fall-sown lots at the rate of ten 31 Tu. 670 $ stationary. pounds to the acre. . snow. 1874. APRIL, Fourth Month. O's Declination. Astronomical Calculations. Days. d. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. m. Days. ¡d. m. Days. d. m. 4N.401 7 6 57 13 9 10 19 11 17 25 13 17 5 3 8 7 19 14 9 31 20 37 26 13 37 5 26 7 42 15 9 53 21 11 58 27 13 56 5 49 10 8 4 16 10 14 22 12 18 28 14 15 6 11 11 8 26 17 10 35 23 12 38 .29 14 34 6 34 12 8 48 18 11 56 24 12 58 30 14 52 O Full Moon, 1st day, 6h. 35m., evening, E. New Moon, 16th day, 9h. 8m., morning, E. Full Sea, D's) Day of the Day of Length Day's of Days. lucre. m. Sun Morn| Even D Souths. m. Place. m. Rises. h. m. 911 W. 15 436 26 12 43 3.40 40 113 114 rei. 6 17morn. 922 Th.5 41 6 27 12 46 3 43 4/15 0 rei. 7 19 9 16 93 3 Fr. 5 396 28 12 493 46 316 04 04 sec. 8 21 0 56 941 4 Sa. 5 376 29 12 523 49 3 17 1 11 sec. 9 24 1 37 95 5s.5 366 30 12 543 51| 3|18| 14 1ẽ thi. 10 29 2 21 961 6M. 5 346 31/12 57 3 54 2 19 2 24|thi. |11 35 3 9 97 7|Tu.5 326 33 13 13 584 220 22| 34 thi. morn. 4 0 98 8 W. 5 316 31|13 34 0 2 21 31 4 kn. 0 38 4 54 99 9|Th.5 296 3513 674 3| 2|22| 4+ 5 kn. 1 35 5 51 100 10 Fr. 5 286 36 13 8 4 5 1 23 51 6 slegs 2 24 6 48 101 11 Sa. 5 266 37 13 11 4 8 1 24 74 legs 3.6 7 44 10212 S.5 2416 38 13 14 4 11 1 25 8 feet 3 398 39 103 13 M. 5 226 39 13 17 4 14 0 26 81 9 feet 4 7 9 32 104 14 Tu.5 216 40 13 19 4 16 027 93 92 h’d 4 32 10 23 105 15 W. 5 19 6 41 13 22 4 18 F. 28 104 104 h'd 4.56 11 15 10616 Th.5 18 6 42 13 24 4 21 0 11 111 1'k sets 07 10717 Fr. 5 166 44 13 28 4 25 1 1 0 n'k .8 30 1 2 108 18 Sa. 5 14 6 45 13 31 4 28 1 2 0 1 1 Jarm 9 50 1 59 109 19 5 5 13 6 46 13 33 4 30 1 3 1 arm 11 6 2 59 11020 M. 5 11 6 47 13 36 4 33 1 4 21 23 br. morn. 3 59 I1121 Tu.5 1016 48 13 38 4 35 1 5 3 33 br. 0 131 4 57 11222 W. l5 86 49 13 4114 381 21 6 4 4 br. 1 9 5 53 11323 Th.5 76 50 13 43 4 40 2 7 53 h’rt 1 53 6 45 114 24 Fr. 5 56 51 13 46 4 43 2 8 67 68 h'rt 2 26 7 32 115 25 Sa. 5 46 52 13 48 4 45 2 9 71 73 bel. 2 54 8 16 116 26 S.5 2/6 54 13 52 4 49 2 10 81 84 bel. 3 16 8.57 17 27 M. 5 16 55 13 54 4 51 3 11 9 91 rei. 3 34 9 37 11828 Tu.5 06 56 13 56 4 53 312 93 102 rei. 3 53 10 15 119 29 W. 4 586 57 13 59 4 563 13 103 104 rei. 4 1110 55 120 30 Th.4 576 58 14 14 58 314 11 11 APRIL hath 30 days. 1874. I hear from many a little throat A warble interrupted long; BRYANT. son died, 1850). Aspects, Holidays, Events, Farmer's Calendar. 11W. IC in Apogee. State election in It is about tiine to be getting the Rhode Island ist. Rev. t. D. Maurire, cel. garden ready and to set out fruit 3 Fr. Good Friday. { $1$t. Simr Alla tic wre., 73; rees. Aren't you sorry now that more than 6W lives lust." you didn't set out a few pear 4 Sa. Length of night 11h. 7m. trees, a few cherry trees, a few 5 D Easter Sun. [High tides. currant bushes, and such like, 6 Mo. State electiou in Connecticut. ten years ago? The quicker you Turn 7 Tu. 6. set aliout it the better. Variable over a new leaf. Look out for 8 W. ( runs low. weather. the future, and let the dead past 9 The 10th. Ilon. Thos. H. Benton died, 1858. take care of itself. If you made 10 Fr. Very low tides. Fine. a mistake ten years ago, correct 11 Sa. 16 h ( naurdered by India1.8, 1874 Gen. Canby treacherously it now. Go on with the ploughing 12 D Low Sun. (Rev. drum' Jud- as soon as the land is dry enough to crumble down in the furrow. 13 Mo. W stat. { Messaire dit wegroei in Colfax, Louisiana, 1873. Clean out all ditches and drains. 14 Tu. 6 $ (. 15th. $ yr.elon.W. Go over the pastures and mowing 15 W. (in Per. {Abraham Lincolo died, lots with the beetle or maul, and scatter all the droppings of cat16 Th. 6°C. O ecl., inv.at Bos. tle. See that the seeds, so soon 17 Fr. 696.68 (. to be needed, are on hand and all 18 Sa. 6 VO. Very high tides. right. Fork over the manure 19 D 20 Sunday after Easter. under the barn. The finer the 20 Mo. 13th. Battle of Lexington, 1775. compost the better. Mix up ma21 Tu. ( runs high. nures and keep things stirring. Expect The hens ought to be set now, or 22 W. loth. Baron Liebig, celeb. chemist, died, 1873. else your chickens will be late, 23 Tb. St. George. 6 W (. storm. and it's the early chickens that 24 Fr. Zath. Cowper died, 1800. pay best. Set two or three bens 25 Sa. St. Mark. 26th. Very low ti. on the same day, if you can, and then you can put two or three 26 D 30 Sun. af. East. OHO. broods together, and save time. 27 Mo. 64 ( 9 iu 8. Set hens on the ground, or else, 28 Tu. ( in Apoyee. Pleasant. if you can't do this, put three 29 W. Smmcready, the English actor, died, 1873, inches of earth or a sod under 80 Th. James Brooks, M. C., and editor New the eggs. Fill up the month with April duties, and pray for a bless- 1863. a aged 79. |